Monday, April 28, 2014

“I don’t think the general public has any idea their health care dollar doesn’t go to the health care provider.”

Obamacare deals death blow to one-doctor clincs - UT San Diego

Despite the predictions of fortune tellers in politics and think tanks, we won’t know for years whether the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, will ultimately leave people sicker or healthier, richer or poorer.

Yet already the law, coming on top of previous legislation, is speeding the demise of an American small-business institution; the one-doctor medical practice.....

So far, nobody knows if the move to factory-style medicine will improve the quality or cost of care.

Yet there’s no question that patients are losing something valuable. It’s OK to be sad about this.